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Some of you may have noticed the Easter Egg in my latest animation, C. Crashing a Wedding, in which I sneaked Derpy Hooves as one of the horses pulling the Cyclops's carriage. Well, now, after two months of animating, I have finished my full-length flash movie featuring her.

Derpy Cardcaptor, as the title suggests, is a parody of the japanese Cardcaptor Sakura opening theme, featuring the background pony from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

I know some of you may hate it just because it's about an anime, or ponies, or both. I understand. The only reason I submit this here is because I hope I'll get at least a few reviews that are actually helpful and tell me what I did right about the art/animation itself, and how to improve, instead of just ranting about how much they hate the show it is about.

Rated 5 / 5 stars2011-12-10 22:55:12

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars2011-12-10 22:38:58

In opposition to anyone complain that it is "devoid of wit" I must argue that wittiness isn't really the point. It's cute; it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. That's enough for me.

Of course, this is coming from someone with a deep-set love for Cardcaptor Sakura, and a new-found appreciation for this pony phenomenon. So I found it charming to see the two combined.

You asked for some helpful feedback, and I'll see what I can do. Just keep in mind, I'm not an animator or even an artist. For the most part, I was pleasantly surprised at how fluid the animation was. The only thing that really stood as has being able to use some improvement was the line-art. This might just be a stylistic thing, but some parts look a bit choppy. Derpy's jaw at "Setsunai na" is what comes to my mind, and at the part immediately after it seems like a portion was left transparent.

Rated 5 / 5 stars2011-12-10 21:57:13

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars2011-12-10 21:05:27

So you replaced characters with ponies...?

The animation was fine, but if you don't care about these ponies, this hits with a complete thud. It wasn't objectively clever or funny, it was simply filled with characters I don't know and relationships I don't understand flying around in place of anime characters. Is the point of this "ponification" thing to simply replace characters with ponies? Why bother? I love "The Long Goodbye," but I don't want to see a "parody" where Ranma Saotome is replaced by Philip Marlowe. No one would get it, and it devoid of wit.

If you aren't devoted to the show, and if you're looking to be entertained, this isn't worth your time, unfortunately.